All Articles Tagged As: cancer

Using Magnetic Nanoparticles to Combat Cancer (7/20/2008)

Scientists have developed a potential new treatment against cancer that attaches magnetic nanoparticles to cancer cells, allowing them to be captured and carried out of the body. The treatment, which has been tested in the laboratory and will now be looked at in survival studies ...> Full Article

'Smart Bomb' Nanoparticle Strategy Impacts Metastasis (7/8/2008)

A new treatment strategy using molecular "smart bombs" to target metastasis with anti-cancer drugs leads to good results using significantly lower doses of toxic chemotherapy, with less collateral damage to surrounding tissue ...> Full Article

Experts describe promise of nanotech for cancer detection, more (7/3/2008)

Speakers from MIT and other institutions described the promise of nanotechnology to help diagnose, treat and monitor cancer annual symposium ...> Full Article

Tracking the spread of cancer: Nano-sized particles hunt down cancer cells (5/4/2008)

Pioneering the use of nanomedicine to catch the spread of cancer at its earliest stage is the focus of one of 76 new research grants announced today by the Canadian Cancer Society. ...> Full Article